Chapter 1213 - 813: Wanting to Be Gilded in Gold as a Phoenix

"I can’t control what others think. You’re my teaching assistant now, so even if I don’t want to trust you, I have to force myself to trust you!"

Chi Lun said and then shook his head somewhat helplessly,

"After all, if you turn out to be a plagiarist, my reputation won’t be much better."

Su Xiaomeng thought about it and had to agree. If she was really labeled as a plagiarist, the professor who took her under his wing would also suffer some backlash.

But... although Chi Lun said so, Su Xiaomeng still felt Chi Lun trusted her in his own way.

"I didn’t plagiarize Pu Wei’s paper. Before this, I didn’t even know who Pu Wei was, let alone plagiarize her work. So, Professor Chi, I won’t let your reputation be damaged, and I won’t squander your trust."

Su Xiaomeng grinned toothily at Chi Lun, who glanced at her and then suddenly smiled too, instantly lightening the mood in the office.

Seeing Chi Lun smile, Su Xiaomeng felt quite relieved. She knew she had guessed right; Chi Lun genuinely trusted her.

"Oh, by the way, did you ask the big boss about it?" Chi Lun sat down on his chair and yawned, asking casually.

"Yes, I asked..." Speaking of this, Xiao Meng sighed, holding her teacup, her chin resting on it, and said somewhat aggrievedly, "She’s someone he dated before."

"For you to look like this, you don’t seem angry."

"How could I be angry? Anyway, before me, I really don’t know how many girlfriends he had. But I can imagine it wasn’t just a few. I can’t get angry every time one shows up."

"But this one... isn’t quite the same, right?"

Chi Lun murmured.

Su Xiaomeng shrugged, "What’s different? They dated but nothing came of it."

"Is that what the big boss told you?"

Chi Lun raised his eyebrows, clearly surprised that reality didn’t match his expectations.

"What else? You knew they dated before... and weren’t you waiting for this chance to give Shixiu some trouble? You still hold a grudge for the time he confronted you directly?"

"I’m not that petty. What he said wasn’t wrong either."

Chi Lun poured a glass of water and held it in his hands...

Chi Lun only met Yin Shixiu and Pu Wei after they got together. He knew they broke up not long afterward, and outsiders didn’t know the reason, but Yin Shuying had a good relationship with Yin Shixiu and managed to pry the reason for their breakup from him.

When Yin Shuying told Chi Lun, he was dumbfounded and immediately went to look into Pu Wei.

For someone as sharp as Yin Shixiu to fall into a trap, the other party must be extraordinary.

Of course, this was just a sarcastic remark about Yin Shixiu. Talking about the facts...

Pu Wei approached Yin Shixiu with a purpose, a very simple motive, willing to pay any price and use any means to capture the Fourth Young Master of the Yin Family, to later become the Fourth Young Madam of the Yin Family, and eventually the matriarch of the Yin Family.

This wasn’t just Pu Wei’s personal ambition but the ambition of the entire Pu Family.

Few would believe such things if said aloud. Who would believe that a family of professors like the Pu Family could also be power-hungry and profit-driven?

Half the women in Beijing set their sights on Yin Shixiu, hoping to snag this eligible bachelor and ascend overnight to become a phoenix. But the Phoenix of the Pu Family’s eldest daughter aimed to coat her feathers in gold.